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Corel PHOTO-PAINT« 9 for LINUX Readme Notes
WELCOME
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
WINE
Filters
Printing
Readme update
WELCOME
Welcome to Corel PHOTO-PAINT« 9 for LINUX
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX is a comprehensive
Photo-editing, image composition, and painting
application. Check out the following features:
Lenses, masks, and other powerful editing features for
enhancing images
Artistic media brush tools for creating diverse painting
effects
Undo/Redo Docker window lets users go back to an
earlier stage in the document's history
CorelTUTOR, a step by step learning tool, which helps
users get familiar with terms and concepts of Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
Support for Adobe« Photoshop« PSD with layers, plus
many more popular raster formats
The same file format as the Windows versions of Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX System
Requirements
To run the applications in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for
LINUX, you need
personal computer with Pentium 200 processor or
higher
64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended)
170 MB Minimum install hard disk space
CD-ROM
SVGA Monitor
mouse
Linux Kernel 2.2 or higher
glibc libraries 2.0 , 2.1 or compatible
X Window System
package management software for Red Hat Package
Manager (rpm) or Debian Packages (dpkg/apt-get)
Note: Disk space required for this installation may vary
depending on drive configuration and selected
components.
Before Installing Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
Prior to running the install for Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9
for LINUX, make sure that all applications are closed.
Not doing so may increase the installation time and
may interfere with the normal install process.
Using the Graphical Install
Running the Setup application
The Setup application lets you install Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 to systems supporting Debian or Red
Hat Package Manager. The Setup application interacts
with your package manager and ensures system and
package management database integrity.
To install Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX using a
graphical file browser
1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Navigate to the CD-ROM drive, and run install.
If the setup program fails to launch from your file
browser, see the instructions for installing Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX from a shell.
To install Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX from a
shell (prompt)
1. Mount the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
CD-ROM.
If your system does not automount the CD-ROM, you
need to use the Mount command while logged in as root
(e.g., mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom).
For further instructions, type man mount at the console.
2. In an X-Windows terminal program (Console in Corel
LINUX), change to the root directory of the CD-ROM.
3. Type ./install, and press ENTER.
If you are not logged in as root, it will prompt for the
root password to continue. After the installation is
complete, you will no longer have root privileges, but
only rights that are assigned to the user.
Note:
For some Linux-based systems, you may also have to
type the following commands while logged in as a
normal user:
xhost +
su -
export DISPLAY=:0.0
If a "permission denied" error is generated when
attempting to run the install command, it may be due to
the CD being mounted without execute permissions. To
correct this, you need to unmount the CD, and remount
it with the appropriate permission parameters.
Installing by Packages
For Corel LINUX Users
Corel LINUX users can use Corel« Update to install
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX.
To install program files using Corel Update
1. Click Application Starter, Applications, System,
Corel Update.
2. Click Options, Set File Sources (Set Package Sources
for Corel LINUX 1.1 or higher).
3. In the Package Sources dialog box, enable the Corel
LINUX CD-ROM check box, and click OK.
4. Click File, Update Profile.
5. Click the Available Software tab, and click
"graphics9-paint" in the "non-free/corel" category.
6. In the Status column, click the Install icon.
7. Click the Upgrade and Install Packages button.
Once this procedure is completed, any user with
"/usr/bin" on the path will be able to run the application
as outlined in the General Guidelines section of this
document.
Note:
You can also install the following packages from the
"/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/" directory:
graphics9-help-paint
graphics9-help-techsupport
graphics9-help common
graphics9-help-writingtools
menusupport-kde-corel
The preceding packages are not required to run Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX , and can be removed or
installed based upon the users' requirements.
For Debian LINUX Users
Debian users may install the Debian packages using
methods familiar to them.
To have the dependencies between packages
automatically resolved, use apt-get as follows:
1. Log in as root, and make sure that the CD-ROM is a
source in your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file.
2. Type the following commands at a shell prompt:
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get install <package name>, where <package name>
is graphics9-paint for Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for
LINUX installation
Notes:
1. For more information on the "/etc/apt/sources.list"
file, refer to the manual page by typing man sources.list.
2. The .DEB files with the dependencies can be found
on the CD-ROM in the following directory:
/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/
/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/
3. Instructions for Debian users are also applicable to
Corel LINUX users. However, Corel LINUX users who
wish to use the Corel Update utility may follow the
"To install program files using Corel Update"
procedure.
4. You can also install the following files from the
"/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/" directory:
graphics9-help-paint
graphics9-help-techsupport
graphics9-help common
graphics9-help-writingtools
menusupport-kde-corel
The preceding packages are not required to run Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, and can be removed or
installed based upon the users' requirements.
For Red Hat LINUX Users
Red Hat packages are also included on the CD. Red Hat
users may install the RPM packages using methods
familiar to them (usually rpm -Uvh followed by the
package path/name). The Red Hat packages are located
on the CD-ROM in the "/dists/redhat/i386/" directory.
For a full installation, the following packages should be
installed in the order shown to ensure that dependency
criteria are satisfied during the installation; therefore,
--force should not be required.
Program
libwine-graphics9-glibc-2.1 (or glibc-2.0 depending on
system)
wine-graphics9-glibc-2.1 (or glibc-2.0 depending on
system)
wpo2000-fonts-core
fonttastic-glibc-2.1 (or glibc-2.0 depending on system)
libaps
graphics9-paint
graphics9-common
Help Files
graphics9-help-writingtools
graphics9-help-paint
graphics9-help-techsupport
graphics9-help-common
Other Files
menu
menusupport-redhat
Putting the Icons on the Caldera KDE and Gnome
menus
To install the menu support packages on Caldera we
must tell RPM to ignore the problem that the version
numbers of the libstdc++ package is inconsistent
between the packages generated for Red Hat and the
Caldera distribution. First, login is as root.
1. rpm -i --nodeps
<cdroot>/dists/redhat/i386/menu-*.rpm
2. rpm -i
<cdroot>/dists/redhat/i386/menusupport-redhat-*.rpm
3. <wait for a few seconds for the update-menus
program to finish processing in the background>
4. To see the new menu items on your KDE launcher
menu, right-click somewhere on the panel itself and pick
"Restart".
The Corel graphics applications should now appear
under Applications -> CorelGraphics9 in the launcher
menu
Note: the "*"s above take into account the version
numbers in the package file names that may have
changed after this document was finalized.
Putting the Icons on the SUSE menus
To install the menu support packages on SUSE, first
login as root:
1. rpm -i <cdroot>/dists/redhat/menu-*.rpm
2. rpm -i
<cdroot>/dists/redhat/menusupport-redhat-*.rpm
3. <wait for a few seconds for the update-menus
program to finish processing in the background>
4. To see the new menu items on your KDE launcher
menu, right-click somewhere on the panel itself and pick
"Restart".
The Corel graphics applications should now appear
under Applications -> CorelGraphics9 in the launcher
menu
Note: the "*"s above take into account the version
numbers in the package file names that may have
changed after this document was finalized.
Scanning Support
Acquiring images from scanners is supported if you have
installed the SANE software and are using a device that
is supported by SANE. If your Linux distribution
does not include SANE, you can download the software
from http://www.mostang.com/sane.
Uninstalling
To uninstall Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, you
can use a script named "remove-graphics9" on the root
of the CD.
Removing User files
Once the packages have been uninstalled, it is
recommended that you delete the following files and
directories from your system:
~/.graphics9 directory contains Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9
for LINUX system files and user files
~/.graphics9rc file contains the user's wine configuration
Warning: Before deleting these directories, make sure
there are no user files saved in them.
Other directories used by the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9
for LINUX software:
"/usr/lib/corel/"
Note: The "/usr/lib/corel/shared/" directory contains files
shared by all Corel applications and should not be
deleted if other Corel applications are present on the
system.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Running applications as "root"
We encourage users to log in as root only for system
administration purposes. It is not recommended that you
run Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX while you
are logged in as a root user or a user with root
privileges.
Application Launching
The applications can be started by means of icons
created in the application starter menu on the KDE
desktop. Note that if icons do not appear or are not
applicable to your installation, you can run the
applications using the following commands from an
x-windows console:
Script Application
photopaint Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for
LINUX
ftfi FontTastic Font Installer
(requires root access to
manipulate fonts)
Administrative Script
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX provides the
following scripts for administrative purposes:
setupGRAPHICS9 --force
Forces reset configuration files for Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX applications.
Note that the "setupGRAPHICS9 --force" script does
reset all configuration entries. Therefore, user settings
and preferences will be lost after this command has
been executed.
The "setupGRAPHICS9" is invoked automatically the
first time the application is launched, and is only
required to force a reset of the user settings. This
command affects the current user; therefore, it should
not be run while you are logged in as root.
glibc Versions
Please note that there is a problem using WINE and
libc6 2.1.3. This problem has been corrected in libc 6.
2.1.3-5 in "potato". You may either upgrade your lib C
or set up in the shell context LC_ALL=en to work
around the problem (see locale handling in your Linux
documentation).
OLE Objects
OLE objects in documents created on the Windows
platform will appear as graphics in Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX. They will not be editable
in Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, but will be
retained as OLE objects if the file is reopened on the
Windows Platform. OLE documents with text that are
converted to the WPG format display poorly. You
cannot cut and paste OLE objects created in Windows.
Bitstream Font Server
Some useful shell commands related to the functioning
of the Bitstream Font Server are
xset fp+ tcp/127.0.0.1:7102/all
Sets the font path.
xset fp default
Resets the font path.
killall fontfs
Kills the fontserver related processes that are currently
running. Users should *never* run "killall fontfs" unless
they've already run "xset fp default".
/usr/sbin/fonttastic - Manually starts the font server
application.
Note: This runs in background; therefore, you should
not expect a console response when launching the
fontserver.
Fontastic Font Installer
The Fontastic Font Installer must first be initialized
before you can install new fonts. It can be initialized by
launching Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX.
Removable Media
Removable media types, such as floppy disks and
CD-ROM, are polled by Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for
LINUX applications when the applications are launched.
If present when the applications are started, these
devices are indicated as icons in the File Open and Save
dialog boxes. If a CD-ROM or floppy is not mounted
when the application starts, it may not be accessible
from the icons in these dialog boxes. However, these
devices can be accessed by browsing to them or by
typing in the mount points(for example, /mnt/cdrom).
The mount points are entries in the ~/.graphics9rc file
that can be changed with a text editor.
First Launch Startup Times
The first launch of the applications will result in a delay
while the applications are being initialized. The length of
the delay depends on the type of installation chosen
and the number of fonts installed.
Multiple Application Instances
On some systems, running multiple instances of the
same application may result in an instability of the
application. Multiple instances can access the same data
file, and this may cause the last application to save and
overwrite the data file. To prevent this, the permissions
for directories and files can be set to allow only the
owner to write changes to the file.
Fonts
Some Type 1 fonts may not be displayed correctly on
screen and do not, in general, render on screen so well
as TrueType fonts. For best results, it is recommended
that you use the TrueType fonts provided with the
applications. Note that almost all Type 1 fonts print
correctly.
Non-alphanumeric characters in Type 1 fonts will not be
displayed correctly.
Printing
After you install the Application Printing Services
Library, you may have to restart the printer daemon to
allow the applications to print. For more information,
consult the documentation accompanying the Linux
distribution you are using. For Debian users (Corel
LINUX is a Debian distribution), the following
commands will perform this task:
1. Close Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX.
2. /etc/init.d/lpd stop
3. /etc/init.d/lpd start
Note: A known problem with Corel LINUX 1.0 is that
you must restart the printer daemon each time the
system is rebooted in order to print from applications
using the Application Printing Services library.
Customers using Corel LINUX 1.0 should upgrade to
1.1 to solve this problem.
To modify printer properties, you can use the Page
Setup command to change the page size and other
properties that will be applied at print time. The settings
in Page Setup should match the printer settings that you
have selected when you configured your printer. For
more information, refer to the documentation
accompanying the Linux distribution you are using.
The application printing services library is an open
source project (for more information, see Open Source).
At the time of this release, it was not ready to support
the printer properties function in our applications. For
this reason, the printer properties buttons will not
appear in the Print dialog boxes, but may be referred to
in the online Help files.
Printing over a network
Print speed is related to the amount of RAM. Low
RAM will cause printing to significantly slow down.
Screen Refreshing
It is possible that the screen refresh may be interrupted
for the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
applications. In general, refreshing the screen with the
view command will correct this for document instances;
moving your mouse over controls, or minimizing and
then maximizing the application for program instances.
256 Color Displays
Corel recommends that the highest color depth possible
be used on your system *(ideally 24 bit color). Various
screen and printer limitations may result in running
the applications in 256 color mode.
Keyboard Shortcut Conflicts
In some cases, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
keyboard shortcuts conflict with the standard keyboard
shortcuts for commonly used Desktops. This is true of
many applications that run on Linux. Users can either
customize the shortcuts for their desktop or invoke the
commands by means of menus and dialogs. The known
keyboard shortcut conflicts between the KDE desktop
environment included with Corel LINUX and Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX include the following
keystrokes:
ALT+ESC ALT+F2 CTRL+F4
CTRL+ESC ALT+F3 CTRL+F5
ALT+TAB ALT+F4 CTRL+F6
ALT+SHIFT+TAB CTRL+F1 CTRL+F7
CTRL+TAB CTRL+F2 CTRL+F8
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB CTRL+F3 CTRL+ALT+ESC
Exposing the Comprehensive Debian Menus
Debian menu support has been included with the
installation of PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX.
To expose the comprehensive Debian Menus under the
main applications menu, refer to the following steps:
Login as root
cd /usr/X11R6/share/applnk/Applications
ln -sf ../../applnk.comprehensive Debian\ Applications
update-menus
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
Resetting to Default Settings
Occasionally, it may be required to reset the application
to its default settings.
To reset the application to default settings
1. Open the Console.
2. Type "setupGRAPHICS9 --force", and click Enter.
3. Type "photopaint" to relaunch the application.
Note: Note that the command is case sensitive.
Floating Dockers
Floating Dockers may appear above dialogs. If you are
experiencing this problem, dock your dockers to the
sides of the applications and this should resolve the
problem.
Online Help
In addition to the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
User Guides, online Help is provided in HTML format.
The online Help is viewed with a JavaScript-enabled
browser, and is available from the Help menu within the
applications. The Contents, Index, and Search features
allow you to browse through topics by category,
view a list of index entries, or search for a particular
word or phrase. Because all these navigation features
use JavaScript, performance may be affected on
lower-end computers.
Color Palettes
The color palette may not refresh properly when
expanded. All color swatches can be made visible by
using a floating palette.
Movie Support
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX currently supports
animated GIF for movie editing, import and export, and
web publishing.
VBA
Currently, VBA is not supported by Linux. If you open
a file from Corel PHOTO-PAINT for Windows that
contains a VBA project, and resave the file in Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, the VBA project will be
lost.
To ensure that the VBA project is not lost from the
original file when resaving the file in Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, click File, Save As, and
give the file a new filename. This will ensure that the
original file is unaffected.
For Slackware LINUX Users
Installation can be performed on Slackware systems if
you install the rpm package manager.
Because Slackware does not maintain a package
database, you will need to use the "--nodeps"
option with the rpm command when installing the
packages. If you want the font server to start
automatically you will also need to modify your system
startup scripts.
Using Sawfish as the Window Manager:
If you are using Gnome with Sawfish as the window
manager and your Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
dialogs do not have title bars:
1. Click the GNOME configuration tool
2. Under the Desktop, select Window manager.
3. Select Sawfish (Current).
4. Select Run Configuration Tool for Sawfish.
5. Click Sawfish, and choose Appearance.
6. Enable the box that says: Decorate transient
windows similarly to top-level windows.
7. Click OK.
If your dialogs are not centered within the
application:
1. Click the GNOME configuration tool.
2. Under the Desktop select, Window manager.
3. Select Sawfish (Current).
4. Select Run Configuration Tool for Sawfish.
5. Click Sawfish, and choose Placement.
6. Select centered-on-parent for both Methods of
selecting the position of a
freshly-mapped window and transient window.
7. Click OK.
Using Enlightenment as the Window Manager
When running the Enlightenment window manager, the
applications may fail to minimize. This is a problem with
certain versions of Enlightenment, including version
0.15.5 shipped with Red Hat LINUX 6.2. This problem
can be solved by upgrading to a newer version of
Enlightenment.
There are known refresh issues when running
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX under the Enlightenment
window manager with windows set to slide in when they
appear.
Print Preview is known to crash on systems running
some versions of the Enlightenment window manager.
This includes the versions that ship as default under the
Gnome desktop on Red Hat 6.2. To resolve this
problem with your current version of Enlightenment:
1. Click the GNOME configuration tool.
2. Under the Desktop, select Window manager.
3. Select Enlightenment (Current).
4. Select Run Configuration Tool for Enlightenment.
5. Under Basic Options, click Keyboard focus follows
select Mouse Pointer.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click OK.
To resolve this issue by upgrading version of
Enlightenment:
1. Browse to
ftp://ftp.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/
enlightenm,
2. Download and install the following package:
ent-0.16.3-1.i386.rpm (or newer if available).
3. For information on installing them, see "Installing by
Packages" in this document.
Depending on your system, the upgrade may also
require installation of the following packages:
ftp://ftp.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/
libs/fnlib-0.5-1.i386.rpm
ftp://ftp.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/enlightenment/
libs/imlib-1.9.8-1.i386.rpm
WINE
If the application window moves up (and out of view)
while closing a document in PHOTO-PAINT 9 for
LINUX, hold down the ALT key, and click and drag the
window into view.
If you have a space within the filename (e.g. test 1.cdr
or test 1.cpt), or if you saved files into a directory that
contains a space in the directory's name (e.g. test files),
when you double-click the filename from File Manager,
the associated applications will start, but the file will not
open. There will be an error message displayed
indicating that the file cannot be found.
If you minimize Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX
when the application title bar does not indicate focus,
you may not be able to maximize Corel PHOTO-PAINT
9 by left-clicking the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 icon.
To prevent this from happening, click anywhere in the
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX application but
not the application title bar before you minimize Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 if the application bar is not in focus.
This will give the focus back to Corel PHOTO-PAINT
9.
If you are unable to restore or maximize after
minimizing, there are 3 possible solutions:
1. Hold down ALT, and click TAB until Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX is selected. Then release
the ALT key.
2. Right-click on the Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for
LINUX icon, and select RESTORE.
3. Switch focus to another application, and then
maximize Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX by
left-clicking on it in the taskbar.
For Corel WordPerfect Users
If you have installed Corel WordPerfect Office 2000 for
LINUX, you may need to install a new version of Wine
in order for WordPerfect Office 2000 for LINUX to
function properly with the newer version of the
FontTastic font server included in the Corel
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX application. When
launching Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, a check
is made for this, and a warning is displayed if you need
to upgrade. If a warning is not displayed, you do not
need to upgrade.
If an upgrade is required, you will be given the option of
running a script to perform the upgrade. If the
automated script fails or you wish to perform the
upgrade manually, you need to install the package
wine-wpo2000-glibc-2.0 (for glibc 2.0-based systems)
or wine-wpo2000-glibc-2.1 (for glibc 2.1-based
systems). These packages are provided as both Debian
and RPM packages on the installation CD. For
information on installing them, see "Installing by
Packages" in this document.
After installing the new Wine package, you need to
force the font metrics to be regenerated by deleting any
old font cache files. You can do this by having each user
run the command "rm ~/.wpo2000/cached*". The
automated script that performs this can be found in
/usr/lib/corel/Graphics9/bin/wpo2000-update.
Updated versions of the other Wine packages are
provided on the CD for your convenience, but are not
required.
Filters
The following import filter formats are not supported in
Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX:
AVI, MPEG, 3DMF, QTM, QTVR, FPX.
When using the PS interpreted import filter, files that
are too large or contain many fountain filled objects may
not import into PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX due to
memory limitations. This problem can be caused by
complex gradient fills that increase the number of
objects in the graphic. EPS file formats (EPS placeable,
PostScript Interpreted) may not import properly using
the All Files file option. To import PostScript
Interpreted files successfully, choose the PostScript
Interpreted import file format.
README UPDATE
Online Registration on Corel Linux 1.0
If you choose to register on-line after installing
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX, your browser may fail to
launch. You can register online @
http://corel.com/support/register/index.htm.
Missing menu items
PHOTO-PAINT 9 for LINUX and other Corel Graphics
9 menu items may not be installed on some systems.
This is a known issue for the Gnome desktop, in
particular. Please consult
the documentation for your desktop and/or window
manager as to how to create menu items or see the
GENERAL TESTING section for instructions on
launching applications from a
terminal.
Removal script may fail to remove all packages
The remove-graphics9 script may not uninstall
the wine-graphics9, libwine-graphics9, and fonttastic
packages on TurboLinux. Consult the documentation
for your package
manager as to how to remove these packages manually.
Launching FontTastic (TM) Font Installer
On some systems, the FontTastic (TM) Font Installer
may fail to launch from the menus, without root
privileges. If this occurs you can launch the FontTastic
(TM) Font Installer from a
terminal. See the GENERAL TESTING section for
instructions on launching applications from a terminal.